DH Custom Ice Rods

[FisH_SLaYer24]

Does anyone know if the DH Custom Rod guys will be at the St. Paul Ice Show this year? I would really like to compare Thorne's rods and the DH Custom's in person before I look at purchasing a new Perch rod..

If they will be there, are they going to have Ice Rods to purchase?

[Hardyboy]

Does anyone know if the DH Custom Rod guys will be at the St. Paul Ice Show this year? I would really like to compare Thorne's rods and the DH Custom's in person before I look at purchasing a new Perch rod..

If they will be there, are they going to have Ice Rods to purchase?

According to the shows HSOforum DH will be there. I would only assume he would be bringing a stock of rods to sell.

[JohnMickish]

I will be in the HSO booth Saturday morning for most of the day. Stop by and say hi, we can talk some walleye fishing.

[Eric_Kruger]

DH will be booth 104 at the show....

[LakeDocktor]

I know there was a post from Northland regarding the DH ice camo rod and it matching the Otter canvas. I thought I'd post some pictures of that rod and some of the others I picked up this past weekend.

Al Dente in Blue Ice Camo with carbon fiber handle

Al Dente with 3" handle

Al Dente with Recoil guides

Walleye Stinger with Recoil guides

[BartmanMN]

Nice looking rod setups. I'd sure like to have those 4 in my bag.

[dfeste]

X2 on the nice setups. That Ci4 is a sweet reel. Have one on my shorecasting rod.

[jamma]

they are very nice rods but their are a few flaws compared to the thorne bros. the blank was not trimmed off very well at the end of the rod. and the guides were didnt look fastened as well. but the blanks were super cool looking. whaaat uppppp todd barton. sorry had to give a shout out to bartman

[fisherman-andy]

they are very nice rods but their are a few flaws compared to the thorne bros. the blank was not trimmed off very well at the end of the rod. and the guides were didnt look fastened as well. but the blanks were super cool looking. whaaat uppppp todd barton. sorry had to give a shout out to bartman

Imma have to disagree with that. I own several DH custom rods, TB rods, & now TUC also.

The DH rod are very high quality and well made. I own 3 DH noodles, two on recoils. And their Perch Pounder on recoils with the carbon fiber handle.

I have chosen now to have all my solid carbon graphite rods be made with the carbon fiber handles instead of cork as I feel they do a better job of transferring sensitivity to your hands and fingers.

[Chris Barlage]

The tip looks un trimmed because DH uses a tip wrap/guide on the tip instead of using a slide over tip. Better fit for a noodle rod for better results. Thats why you see a little bit of the tip on the end.

[Coon]

I'm a DH convert after last winter for sure. Love mine.

[mww24]

Anywhere local in the north metro to go look at these rods? I'm looking to maybe add a couple of medium light action rods to my stable. May give DH a shake.

[Hardyboy]

Anywhere local in the north metro to go look at these rods? I'm looking to maybe add a couple of medium light action rods to my stable. May give DH a shake.

Thorne Bros! thats where i bought my Al Dente noodle rod last winter.They wont have all the models but you can still check them out.

[fisherman-andy]

[Chris Barlage]

DH Custom Rods is out of spring park. You can check the web site and give dusty a call and I woul dbe you could meet hime and check out the rods.

[wormin'smallies]

I was up at the ice fishing show. Saw those dh rods. Boy, those noodle rods are impressive, but I don't do much pan fishin through the ice. Got home and ordered a perch pounder for those pool 3 walleyes. Had them put the carbon handle on. Talked to Chris and he said it was well worth it

[mww24]

The noodle rods work great as a deadstick walleye rod. The tip loads into an extremely stiff backbone. Even though the tip is whispy they can handle big fish.

[Hardyboy]

The noodle rods work great as a deadstick walleye rod. The tip loads into an extremely stiff backbone. Even though the tip is whispy they can handle big fish.

+1 on the stiff backbone, i would feel confident hitting a walleye with it. Even more so now as i was loading up to head to Cass lake yesterdayand tied a tiny tungssten jig to it and the tip bent as i was hooking it to the hook keeper and the tip snapped. :-( not a happy camper and i didnt even bend it that far, it loaded up more with a fish on. Disapointed isnt the word for it. Needless to say my alDente has a stiffer action to it now.

[Chris Barlage]

Sorry to hear that, if I were you I would call and get the swapped out. It does have a 1 year warrenty

[Hardyboy]

Sorry to hear that, if I were you I would call and get the swapped out. It does have a 1 year warrenty

Ill give him a call, guess it doesnt hurt to ask!

[mww24]

My Thorne bros noodle rod got jumped on by my son before it ever saw action. I lost about 2 inches and can't tell the difference between it and my second one. Just had them clean the break up and tie on a new tip.

[Chris Barlage]

Ill give him a call, guess it doesnt hurt to ask!

[hawkeye43]

My son's rod did the same thing after he caught 5 fish, broke about 2" from the end.

[Hansen Outdoors]

I have a couple dh custom rods i have seven deuce 24" inch rod 3 inch handle i have pulled up hundreds of walleyes already this year with no problem and quit a few being over 25" they are hands down the best rod on the market there is not another rod on the market that compares even close in my option

[NoWiser]

Mine broke about 2" off the end as well. First rod I've broke in over 10 years and I don't have a clue how it broke because it was in a good case. One piece when I put it in and two pieces when I opened it back up. I was extremely careful with that thing, too.

Anyways, I called Dusty, sent it back to him, and a new one showed up in the mail. I emailed him to see what I owed him for shipping and any other costs and he just replied with "Don't worry about it, just enjoy and Happy Holidays!" I will be ordering more rods from him in the future.....